Five Minute Stories

Chapter 59: A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.

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A lively collection of short stories and poems for children, offering simple domestic scenes, playful rhymes, brief narratives, and light moral lessons. Pieces range from tender portraits of family life and child play to fanciful nonsense verses, seasonal and holiday sketches, animal vignettes, and concise character studies, often keyed to children's imagination and daily activities. Language is straightforward and rhythmic, with songs and jingles interspersed among short tales; many pieces aim to charm or amuse while gently reinforcing kindness, curiosity, and good manners. Illustrations accompany several items, enhancing the accessible tone and appeal to young readers.

A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.

We’re spending the day,

In the pleasantest way,

With Uncle Eliphalet Brown:

We may run at our ease,

And do just what we please,

And we never can do that in town.

For “Quack!” says the duck,

And the hen says “Cluck!”

And the chickens say, “Peepity-wee!”

And John milks the cow,

Though he doesn’t know how,

And we’re happy as happy can be.